The Blessing of a Public Tantrum
See public toddler tantrums as a chance for humility, repentance, and grace while caring for your child instead of protecting your reputation.
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Homemaking Encouragement for Christian Moms
How to use Trello to track Christmas gifts
Trello is a different sort of task management app. It is sort of like having multiple bulletin boards in a row with tasks on sticky notes that you move around
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Why should I clean my house?
As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? Personally, I always wanted a home to keep. I never wanted a career. I have only ever
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Board Games We Love | Family Gift Guide
We are board game geeks around here. We have a closet-full, quite literally, and you won’t find Monopoly or Sorry or Uno in there. I’ve grouped these
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Gratitude will make you more productive
Discover how gratitude transforms daily tasks, turning chores like cleaning into acts of joy and thankfulness. Motivation matters.
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How to Manage the Muddle of Daily Life
Homeschool life is a muddle, there’s no denying it. I think we are all familiar with the feeling of being overwhelmed by everything that needs to be done and
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The frustrations of tidying up
I set the timer for fifteen minutes. Surely in fifteen minutes, I thought, I can make a difference in this room. The room was mine. The mess was an assortment
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My favorite tools to make homemade bread
Homemade bread is so simple and cheap to make, and homemade bread is so much more tasty and healthy, that I rarely buy my bread. As Tracy explains in this
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Shakespeare for Kids: Hamlet Lesson Plans
We studied Hamlet in our homeschool last year – over 6 months ago – and the quotes still linger as part of our family culture. Last month I was headed out the
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Google Calendar for Menu Planning
Google Calendar is a great online tool. Of course there is the obvious use for calendars, but you can also set up calendars to use as journals, menu plans, blog
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Easy homemade bread (recipe + instructions)
by Tracy Grossman There’s something about fall that makes me want to put on some soup and bake homemade bread. We live in the middle of Iowa, where sultry
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Being Happy: Having an organized attitude
An organized attitude, scholé, and ordo amoris are all tightly connected, at least in my mind. The threads are coming together in the book Reordered Love, Reordered Lives: Learning the
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